Warhammer Online - Annotated Pic of the Week

A video of a Snotling accompanies a description of the cowardly creatures in Climax' massively multiplayer game.

By IGN Staff

Today's Pic of the Week segment offers up a brief .avi movie of the monsters plus text about them. In this sample, the ignoble nature of these lesser beings is explained:

Snotlings are at the very bottom of the Orc and Warhammer Online food chain. They shouldn't offer too much resistance to even a starting character and are completely cowardly. The one thing on their side is that they have developed a cunning and survival instinct that a charge first, ask questions later Orc would never adopt (probably due to their inferior strength and size).

Snotlings have a knack for singling out the weakest opponent, especially the wounded, and constantly reassess their options in battle. If they are wounded themselves they will retreat to patch their wounds or try to find help. Add to this their strength in numbers and the fact that Goblins or Orcs are never far from a Snotling herd and even an encounter with a measly Snot could be a hazardous one.

To be published by Sega, the online world is inspired by Games Workshop's gritty dark fantasy universe. More information on the endeavor is available from various other sections of the official portal. - Valandil